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Article: Tanning: As deadly as arsenic, experts say ; Ultraviolet radiation now classified as a top cancer risk
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- July 30, 2009
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HEALTH
PEMBROKE - Skin care services at Utopia Place, a Pembroke salon
and day spa, include chocolate mousse masks, hand treatments, and,
until last year, six-minute tanning sessions in the "Super Cyclone
Sun Capsule."
The tanning chamber is out of commission these days. Owner Marie
Goldman said she decided to offer airbrush spray tanning only - a
"natural, healthier approach."
"Since we made the change, we've been getting busier and busier,"
Goldman said. "They want the color. They're just afraid of the sun,
and afraid of tanning."
And they should be.
International cancer experts Wednesday moved tanning beds and
other sources of ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk
category, ...